ลอยแพ(loi pae)

Meanings

1VerbB2

[to] abandon [sb]; [to] leave [sb] high and dry

(Figurative) To abandon or desert someone, leaving them to fend for themselves without support, especially in a work or political context (e.g., laying off employees, withdrawing from an alliance).

Examples

บริษัทbò-rí-sàtบริษัทbò-rí-sàtcompany; firm; corporationมีปัญหาmee bpan-hăaมีปัญหาmee bpan-hăa[to] have a problem; there is a problemทางการเงินtaang gaan ngernทางการเงินtaang gaan ngern1financial2financially; in financial termsเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightประกาศbprà-gàatประกาศbprà-gàat1[to] announce; declare2announcement; notice3proclamation; decree4[to] proclaim; promulgate (form.)ลอยแพloi paeลอยแพloi pae1[to] abandon [sb]; [to] leave [sb] high and dry2[to] set [sb] adrift on a raftพนักงานpá-nák-ngaanพนักงานpá-nák-ngaan1employee; staff member; worker2attendant; clerk (service role)กว่าgwàaกว่าgwàa1than (comparative marker)2more than; over3by (margin of difference)ร้อยróiร้อยrói1one hundred (100)2[to] compose verse; write in poetic form3[to] string; thread; link togetherคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: people
The company had financial problems, so it had to announce layoffs for over a hundred employees.
2VerbC1

[to] set [sb] adrift on a raft

(Literal) To put someone on a raft and set them adrift at sea or on a river, historically as a form of punishment or abandonment.

Examples

ในสมัยก่อนnai sà-măi gònในสมัยก่อนnai sà-măi gònin the past; formerlyโจรjohnโจรjohn1thief; robber2bandit; brigand3pirate; bandit (contextual)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotถูกtòokถูกtòok1cheap; inexpensive2correct; right3proper; morally right4to be correct/right5[to] be affected; suffer (often adverse)6by (passive marker)จับได้jàp dâiจับได้jàp dâi1[to] catch; capture [sb/sth] (successfully)2[to] catch (sb) in the act; discover wrongdoing; find out (a secret)3[to] draw/pick (by lot)อาจจะàat jàอาจจะàat jàmaybe; perhaps; mightโดนdohnโดนdohn1[to] get; be subjected to (passive, often negative)2[to] be hit; be struck; be affected3[to] hit the mark; be spot on (slang/colloq.)ลงโทษlong tôhtลงโทษlong tôht[to] punish [sb]; impose a penaltyด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due toการgaanการgaan1nominalizer2act; action; process3affair; matterลอยแพloi paeลอยแพloi pae1[to] abandon [sb]; [to] leave [sb] high and dry2[to] set [sb] adrift on a raftออกไปòk bpaiออกไปòk bpai1[to] go out; leave; exit2[to] lead out to; extend to3[!] Get out!ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ทะเลtá-layทะเลtá-lay1sea2seaside; the beach
In the old days, captured pirates might be punished by being put on a raft and set adrift at sea.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ลอยloiลอยloi1floating; adrift2[to] float; drift3[to] hover; be suspended4[to] float (price/exchange rate)Part 1
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แพpaeแพpae1raft; floating platform2raft house; floating house/shop3[to] raft; travel by raft4classifier: rafts; raft housesPart 2
ลอยแพloi paeลอยแพloi pae[to] abandon [sb]; [to] leave [sb] high and dry